Airlines
Making Progress
In an update on operational progress at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the president and CEO of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), Deborah Flint said: “Thanks to strong collaboration from partners, we’re seeing measurable improvements in flight delays, cancellations, baggage delivery and wait times. The aviation system worldwide is facing a perfect storm as it strives to improve operations in the aftermath of COVID-19. But the industry is rebounding, and the metrics we are sharing today show how working with our partners is yielding results.” The GTAA’s goal...
Bernacchia Joins Discover The World
Sabrina Bernacchia has joined Discover the World as its National Sales Manager in Canada. Bernacchia was most recently senior account manager at Air New Zealand and has a proven track record of fostering great collaborations with her partners and team. Before that, she was with Air Canada Vacations for nearly 20 years, her last 7 years she was an Area Sales Manager for Key Partners in Ontario. Said Bernacchia: “I look forward representing Condor Airlines and providing travelers with year- round, non-stop flights from Toronto, and seasonal flights from Vancouver, Halifax, and...
People Are Talking
While the COVID-19 pandemic-induced travel demand is a positive for the global airline industry, certain factors such as rising airfares, staff shortages, and travel protocols in the wake of new disease variants pose new challenges to the airline companies. In this context, American Airlines, Inc. (American Airlines) is ranked as the most mentioned airline company among the top 10 airline companies based on social media discussions of Twitter influencers and Redditors in H1 2022, according to the Social Media Analytics Platform of GlobalData. The data and analytics company’s...
Date Change For Canada Jetlines Launch
Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. has announced a change to the date of inaugural flights out of Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Winnipeg (YWG) and Moncton, New Brunswick (YQM). The inaugural flights originally scheduled for Aug. 15, 2022, have been tentatively rescheduled for Aug. 29, 2022, subject to receipt of final licensing approval. Canada Jetlines is working closely with Transport Canada (“TC”) and Canadian Transportation Agency, who are currently evaluating all completed documentation required for this application. The carrier looks forward to welcoming...
Air Travel Recovery Continues To Be Strong In June
IATA reports that passenger data for June 2022 continues to show that the recovery in air travel remains strong. The industry association notes that it has now returned to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 period, unless otherwise noted. Owing to the low traffic base in 2021, IATA said, some markets will show very high year-on-year growth rates, even if the size of these markets is still significantly smaller than they were in 2019. Highlights indicate that: Total traffic in June 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) was up...
Explore Utah Like Never Before
Air Canada, Utah Office of Tourism and Rocky Mountaineer are offering retail agents in Canada an opportunity to Sell Your Way to Utah. The campaign began on Aug. 1, 2022 and the lucky winners will travel to explore Utah along with experience Rocky Mountaineer’s latest Rockies to the Red Rocks journey. A total of four agents will qualify to join this FAM trip from Oct. 22 to Oct. 29, 2022, including Air Canada airfare to and from Canada. Travel professionals will receive one point for each round-trip Air Canada return or open jaw airfare booked to either Denver, Las Vegas or Salt...
Lufthansa Group Taps Janzen For New Role
Dirk Janzen will assume the role of Vice President Sales, The Americas, Lufthansa Group Airlines, responsible for Global Market Strategy, Joint Ventures, as well as Passenger Sales across North and South America beginning Sept. 1, 2022. Janzen succeeds Frank Naeve, who was in charge of The Americas region for the last three years until his recent appointment as Senior Vice President Global Markets & Stations for the Lufthansa Group. Janzen will be based at the Lufthansa Group’s passenger airlines headquarters situated on Long Island in New York State, and will report to...
Air Canada Reports Q2 Results
Air Canada has reported its second quarter 2022 financial results, with Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, observing that: “The past three months have been very challenging for our company, our employees, and customers from an operational perspective. The path to recovery from any serious event is rarely straight and easy. I thank our employees for their incredibly hard work, demonstrated professionalism and commitment as we safely transported over 9.1 million customers in the quarter, nearly 8 million more than the second quarter of 2021 or about...